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A hermitage in the midst of lakes

Dal Lago di Monate al Maggiore

percorso
DEPARTURE/ARRIVAL
From Lago di Monate (VA)
To Lago di Monate (VA)
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TYPE/PERIOD
Cycling
Primavera / Estate / Autunno / Inverno
duration
Duration/Length
3 h
44km
dislivello
CHANGE IN ALTITUDE
Uphill: 550m
Downhill: 550m
difficolta-medium
DIFFICULTY
Media

From Lake Monate, one of Italy’s cleanest and most evocative, the route descends to Lake Maggiore through fields, clearings, woods and peat bogs.
This brings it out at the Santa Caterina hermitage, one of Varese province’s symbol monuments and certainly  one of Lake Maggiore’s most admired.
It then continues across Sasso Ballaro and its cliff before flanking the lake and some of its most attractive beaches to the starting point.

Point of interest:

  • Lago di Monate
  • Lago Maggiore
  • La Torbiera
  • Eremo di Santa Caterina del Sasso
  • la falesia del Sasso Ballaro

 

BIKE: E-Bike MTB